No. 354 squadron was first formed at Drigh Road, Karachi on 10 May 1943 as part of Coastal Command, rebasing to Cuttack on 17 August 1943, where it received Liberator Mk.V bombers. Detachments of the squadron were based at Sigiriya and St Thomas Mount. The squadron redeployed to Minneriya in Ceylon on 12 October 1944, with detachments at Kankesanturai and Cuttack, and returned to Cuttack—maintaining a detachment at Kankesanterai—in January 1945, where they received the Liberator Mk.VI. The squadron was disbanded on 18 May 1945 at Cuttack.
Aircraft operated[]
Aircraft operated by no. 354 Squadron RAF, data from[2][3][4]
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